Abstract—This paper analyses for the first time, the trend of indexed publications pertaining to Biomechanics and Biomaterials by Malaysian affiliation and ASEAN countries for the past decade from the year 2005 till 2013. Literatures are retrieved from Scopus and Web of Science (WoS) as these are the top two recognised academic databases for Malaysian researchers. Keywords searched are Biomechanics, Biomaterials and Biomechanical engineering. At the beginning, Boolean operators “or” was opted to ensure that there was a broad as possible publication inclusion. Then, individual articles were analysed and assessed to filter out those not directly relevant. A significant increasing trend of publications from 2005 until 2013 could be seen throughout the world. A 31% increase was observed for Scopus database, while more interestingly WoS database indicated a tremendous increase of 152%. In addition to that, ASEAN countries have also shown increasing trends of 110% and 231% increment of publications in Scopus and WoS databases respectively. Accordingly, Malaysian universities have also shown increasing trends of 722% and 560% (between 2005 and 2013) increment of publications for Scopus and WoS databases respectively. Thus, it can be concluded that research and publications related to Biomechanics, Biomechanical Engineering and Biomaterials area are expanding significantly throughout the world; and Malaysia is coping well and could be a prospective nation for research collaboration.

Index Terms—biomechanics, biomechanical engineering, biomaterials, publications trend, scientific articles

Cite: Jamaluddin Mahmud, "Keynote Speech in Biomechanics: Analysis and Benchmarking of Indexed Publications in Malaysia and South East Asia," Journal of Medical and Bioengineering, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 103-107, April 2016. Doi: 10.18178/jomb.5.2.103-107